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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Further jobs on kaddressbook and random toughts
From:       Mike Pilone <mpilone () slac ! com>
Date:       2002-06-10 20:09:29
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I am going to update the TODO file in kaddressbook. We really need to decide 
what we want before 3.1. Please update and check this file in the next few 
hours and add anything I may have missed.

Thanks,
-mike

On Saturday 08 June 2002 10:13 pm, Mirko Boehm wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> Mike started to move forward with our address book application in KDE.
> His newly implemented features are impressive and a big improvement over
> what we had before.
>
> I added the view of kab to kaddressbook and further developed the
> printing framework Mike started. Since both parts are done in their
> basics, I was wondering what is left that should be implemented before
> the feature freeze for KDE 3.1, which is announced the be on July 1.
>
> I have a number of ideas I would like to implement:
> - To be more consistent with both the kaddressbook and the overall KDE
> user interface, the incremental search should be moved into a toolbar (of
> its own). Have a look at its location, the interface elements it provides
> etc. Fits perfectly in a toolbar. The fact that we have an option to have
> it displayed or not leads to the idea that it should be one.
>   I can do this.
> - The filter code is pretty powerful, but it does not give itself to the
>   average joe that easy. I would like to provide at least a predefined
> filter that - without having to be created and always available - allows
> to only display a selected category of users. This is what other
> comparable applications and Palms, for example, do. This feature should
> work without decent changes to the filter manager. What do you think?
> This could be a toolbar, too, to simplify the user interface even more.
> - I would like to get rid of the detailed view. It's only worth of
> existence is to have the option to display the contents of a selected
> contact besides the table. This is is a rather common and used way of
> doing things. Have a look at konqueror - you select a folder on the left
> and see its details on the right. I would like to modify the view manager
> to display the details on a contact right of the selection. With an
> option to hide the details, this would be a nice feature.
> - I would like to generalize the extended search feature provided by the
>   detailed view. What it does is to look up a pattern in different fields
> of the contacts and displays a list of positive results. This way you
> find my contact when typing "mi" - the code would look up in the first
> names and find an entry that matches (along with others, possibly). This
> is pretty fuzzy and powerful. Since it needs some space (for the list of
> results), it cannot be done in a toolbar.
>   I would do this, too.
>
> I am very interested in your comments and ideas. Also I would like you to
> have a look at the printing code in its current stage and report your
> thoughts.
>
> CU,
>
> --Mirko.

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